mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
I feel your pain. It doesn't make any sense and it has been happening for years.
Long ago I got in trouble for having the word "Barbie" in the title of some of the patterns I sell. It is a series of patterns published by Annie's Attic in the 1980's and 90's. Ebay closed a bunch of my listings and said I couldn't do this anymore. So I took it out of my titles as Ebay requested.
All along other sellers were able to do this, but for some reason I would get in trouble if I did. To this day others sellers, lots of sellers are allowed to do this.
If it is wrong for one it should be wrong for all. But it seems no matter how much we complain about this or similar situations, Ebay doesn't do anything about it.
I have also reported listings as well with no outcome at all. I think in all my years, Ebay only paid attention to one of my reports once. And I didn't use the report a seller process, I went to the guys on the Weekly Chat. They turned it over to the proper department and it still took close to a YEAR to stop this seller from what they were doing. BTW, it wasn't a seller with Barbie patterns, it was a seller with a much more serious offense.
Just curious mam - I have, what appears top be, a li-someone, as someone 'following', on my posting status page. Do you have someone, too?
Perhaps that is how things get pulled from listings. I know, that in the far off past (last century 
), I had a couple of things pulled, though other didn't have the same items pulled. I was just wondering if there might be a connection.
@rixstuff wrote:It may not have been "Ebay" but a particular user who saw and reported. Ebay corporate does little to nothing as far as scanning listings for problems and taking them down.
I get that as this is always a possibility, but lots of sellers have complained on various threads over the years that reporting listings seem to do nothing to get Ebay's attention. It has been a problem for as long as I can remember. I guess one could sneak in there every now and again that gets Ebay's attention. But it is more likely that an Ebay bot flagged the listing due to a certain word or words that was used.
@gracieallen01 wrote:Just curious mam - I have, what appears top be, a li-someone, as someone 'following', on my posting status page. Do you have someone, too?
Perhaps that is how things get pulled from listings. I know, that in the far off past (last century
Send me a private message so you can tell me more. I'll see if I can help.
@magicjohnsonsvariety wrote:
@ersatz_sobriquet wrote:I don't see any point in trying to kick the new seller of the item. It's not their fault ebay is fickle as can be.
I don't really blame the new seller...as he's doing exactly what I did.
But I'm sure whoever reported me never hesitated one bit...what's wrong for one should be wrong for all.
We can't have it both ways. Either Ebay pays attention to when we report stuff or they don't. If it is popular consensus that they don't pay attention when we report listings, then it isn't likely that anyone reported your listing.
It is more likely that there was a word or words in your listing that the Ebay bots run around looking for. On ethnic items, Ebay has strict rules on how things are worded.
@trustedbasset wrote:I had an old iron skeleton key that I found in my garden. My garden used to abut the railroad tracks and I would find neat things like this in my yard. I assumed it was an old boxcar key.
I listed it and eBay took it down because of homeland security. Apparently it could be used by terrorist.
WOW, now who would have thought of that before listing. WOW!!!
@magicjohnsonsvariety wrote:
@trustedbasset wrote:I had an old iron skeleton key that I found in my garden. My garden used to abut the railroad tracks and I would find neat things like this in my yard. I assumed it was an old boxcar key.
I listed it and eBay took it down because of homeland security. Apparently it could be used by terrorist.
See, this is the reason no one takes ebay's policies seriously. It's all become a complete farce and needs a complete overhaul.
Skeleton keys are one of the most common items sold on here...I just sold a bunch...and I highly doubt Isis bought them.
You are assuming too much. None of us, other than the OP, knows the words they used in the listing. You are right, skeleton keys are sold all the time. But if something the OP said in their listing raised some concerns, then that would be why they had the listing closed. We just don't know what the listing said.
